Risk of failure of the Ituango Dam in Colombia (2018-05-22)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-05-22 20:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-05-16 17:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
The Ituango Dam is an embankment dam under construction on the Cauca river. A series of events starting from 28/4/2018 and currently ongoing pose a high risk of failure of this dam. The estimated potentially affected population is around 120.000

Reference products: 9
Delineation products: 14
Grading products: 2

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Risk of failure of the Ituango Dam in Colombia (2018-05-22). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/8cc0ec29-bec9-409d-b278-eeccc763fe73

Keywords

CEMS COL Colombia Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Service Copernicus EMS Emergency Emergency Management Flood EMSR286 Mapping Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR286]: Risk of failure of the Ituango Dam in Colombia (2018-05-22)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((-75.9842286637 8.12510086626, -74.7319270543 8.12510086626, -74.7319270543 6.63167880197, -75.9842286637 6.63167880197, -75.9842286637 8.12510086626))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-19
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2018-05-22
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR286
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/8cc0ec29-bec9-409d-b278-eeccc763fe73
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